Racing Weekly is back and this week Rishi Persad is joined, as ever, by Steve Ryder with the panel completed by a feature from oddchecker's expert tipster Andy Holding.We kick off this week's episode with a review of the Irish Guineas at the Curragh with a look at the winners and losers from the 1000 and 2000 Guineas and much more.Later we look ahead to the action from Epsom with a deep dive on the Derby and the Oaks.The panel go on the hunt for some value and do their best to provide some winne...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Racing Weekly is back and this week Rishi Persad is joined, as ever, by Steve Ryder and Johnny Ward, who returns to the show.We kick off this week's episode with a review of the Dante Meeting at York with a look at the winners and losers from the Dante Satakes, Musidora, Lockinge and much more.Later we look ahead to the action from the Curragh with a deep dive on the Irish Guineas.The panel go on the hunt for some value and do their best to provide some winners.Racing Weekly is brought to you by...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Rishi Persad returns to hosting duties and is joined, as ever, by Steve Ryder and accompanied Steve Mellish. We begin the show with a recap of the caction at Chester with a look at Michael Owen's Chester Cup winning Zoffee as well as the other big winners from the weekend.Later we discuss the racing from York ahead of the Dante Meeteing as our panel go in search of some winners.Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker, in association with bet365. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Steve Ryder is back in the host's chair as we welcome racing commentator Richard Hoiles and Racing TV presenter Gary O'Brien to the Racing Weekly panel.We begin the show with a recap of the Guineas meeting from Newmarket and a recall of the big winners and losers from the weekend's action.Later we discuss the racing from Chester ahead of the Chester Cup as the Andrew Balding pair, Grand Providence and Aztec Empire, battle it out for favouritism.Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker, in ...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Steve Ryder is back in the host's chair as we welcome Ken Pitterson and Kate Tracey back to the Racing Weekly panel.We begin the show with a recap of the bet365 Jumps Finale from Sandown and recall the big winners and losers of the action at Sandown.Later we discuss the racing from both Punchestown and Newmarket ahead of the Guineas meeting with City of Troy odds on favourite to take the 2000 Guineas ahead of Rosallion at 4/1. The 1000 Guineas is a slightly more open renewal with Fallen Angel le...
Apr 30, 2024•59 min
Steve Ryder is back in the host's chair as we welcome Paul Ferguson to the studio for his hat-trick ball appearance on the show. In today's episode we are also joined by Tony Calvin who makes his Racing Weekly debut.We begin the show with a recap of the Scottish Grand National as Macdermott, a big 18/1 drifter on the day, beat Surrey Quest by a nose. The win basically guarantees Willie Mullins as the UK Trainers’ Championship.Later we discuss the bet365 Jumps Finale from Sandown as Kitty’s Light...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Rishi Persad is back in the hosts' chair alongside Steve Ryder and Tanya Stevenson to preview the Scottish Grand National from Ayr as Macdermott heads the market with bet365 ahead of Anglers Crag who bids for a five-timer. First up though we look back at the Grand National from Aintree with I Am Maximus a fantastic 7½ length winner beating Delta Work, Minella Indo and Galvin who were all Grade 1 winning chasers. It was a first Grand National victory for Paul Townend and a first win for Irish tra...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Steve Ryder is joined by Johnny Ward and Hayley Moore to preview the Grand National Festival from Aintree with plenty of Grand National 2024 tips to be had.With plenty of big names in the race the Grand National looks to be one of the most eagerly anticipated in recent years. The first port of call must be last year’s winner, Corach Rambler, who will arrive at Aintree having run a brave race – arguably a career high – just 29 days previously in the Gold Cup.In today's Grand National preview we'l...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder are joined by racing analyst Donn McClean to review a barnstorming Cheltenham Festival 2024. The panel begin with a look back at the big performances of the week from State Man in the Champion Hurdle, Lossiemouth in the Mares' Hurdle, Teahupoo in the Stayers' Hurdle, Captain Guinness in the Champion Chase (what happened to El Fabiolo?), Protektorat in the Ryanair Chase and, of course, Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup. Throughout the show we'll also touch on horses ...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 9 min
In the fourth of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2024 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Steve Ryder, Irish racing expert and Cheltenham guru Gavin Lynch, former jockey Willy Twiston-Davies and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day four, the Friday, of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of the opening race card including the Triumph Hurdle, the County Hurdle, the Albert Bar...
Mar 07, 2024•40 min
In the third of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2024 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Steve Ryder, Irish racing expert and Cheltenham guru Gavin Lynch, former jockey Willy Twiston-Davies and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day three, the Thursday, of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of the opening race card including the Turners Novices’ Chase, the Pertemps Network Fi...
Mar 07, 2024•42 min
In the second of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2024 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Steve Ryder, Irish racing expert and Cheltenham guru Gavin Lynch, former jockey Willy Twiston-Davies and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day two, the Wednesday, of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of the opening race card including the Gallagher Novices' Hurdle, the Brown Advisory N...
Mar 07, 2024•38 min
In the first of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2024 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Steve Ryder, Irish racing expert and Cheltenham guru Gavin Lynch, former jockey Willy Twiston-Davies and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day one, the Tuesday, of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of the opening race card including the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the Arkle Chase, the Ulti...
Mar 07, 2024•46 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome Dave Ord to the studio as we preview Kelso and the Webster Cup Chase at Navan. We start the show with Dave's horse of the season and Fact To File is the name given with comparisons to Galopin Des Champs. Then comes a look behind us with Kempton and the Pendil Novices’ Chase as Blow Your Wad, put up by Steve in last week's show, beats Tahmuras by ¾ of a length under Stan Sheppard. The Eider Chase is also discussed with Anglers Crag making it four wins from fou...
Feb 28, 2024•57 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome friend of the show Ken Pitterson back to the studio as we preview Kempton and the Eider Chase at Newcastle.Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker, in association with bet365 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome Kate Tracey to the Racing Weekly studio to review the weekend winners just gone including Shishkin's victory in the Denman Chase, who was very kindly Super Boosted by bet365 on the day. He beat Hitman by 4 ¼ lengths and is now 9/1 ante-post for the Cheltenham Gold Cup if you were impressed with that performance. We also touch on a change in tactics in the Game Spirit Chase for Edwardstone, who won by 40 lengths(!) from Funambule Sivola. The winner is now 8/1 ...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder are back for the road to the Cheltenham Festival as Racing Weekly continues its countdown to March. In today's packed show we welcome friend of the show, Steve Mellish, to the studio who talks up Sir Gino as his horse to watch this season. We then review the Dublin Racing Festival where Willie Mullins picked up the nine winners. Il Etait Temps capitalised on a below par performance from Marine Nationale to win the Irish Arkle by a neck from Found A Fifty and is now 4...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder are back for the road to the Cheltenham Festival as Racing Weekly begins its countdown to March. In today's packed show we welcome retired jockey Bryan Cooper to the studio as preview the Dublin Racing Festival with some mouth-watering action to look forward to seeing Marine Nationale, State Man, El Fabiolo and Galopin Des Champs. First up though we look back on the weekend's racing from Cheltenham and Doncaster with Trials Day review. Elixir De Nutz upset the 1/4 fa...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome another Racing Weekly debutant to the show as Ella McNeill joins us in the studio. Ella has been involved in horse racing for her whole life and currently works as the Chelsea Thoroughbreds National Hunt Racing Manager. In today's packed show we'll preview all of the Christmas racing from Kempton Park, Chepstow and Leopardstown including a King George VI Chase preview. First up though we look back on the weekend's action as Latenightpass won by four lengths i...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome debutant Dan Overall to the studio to preview Cheltenham’s December meeting this weekend. Dan won RacingTV's Tipstar competition in 2022 and has gone from strength to strength in the racing industry including working with oddschecker in recent times. First up we recap the racing just gone with a good win for Stay Away Fay in the Esher Novices’ Chase. He's now 5/1 for the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase with bet365 and 10/1 for the National Hunt Chase at Chelten...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome ITV Racing commentator Richard Hoiles to preview the Tingle Creek Festival from Sandown.Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker, in association with bet365. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder are joined by Tanya Stevenson to preview the Winter Carnival from Newbury. Before that though we recap the latest racing from Haydock as Royal Pagaille won the Betfair Chase with Venetia Williams continuing the fantastic stable form becoming the first female trainer to win the race. Over in Punchestown we discuss State Man who justified his price of 1/6 to win it for the second year in a row beating Echoes In Rain by five lengths. In our Newbury Winter Carnival Previ...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome Johnny Ward to the Racing Weekly stable to review the horse racing action from the past week before looking ahead to the action this weekend. First up we focus on the Cheltenham November Meeting with Homme Public capitalising on the fall of JPR One to win the Arkle Trial and Minella Missile defied odds of 22/1 to beat Captain Teague with The Big Doyen back in 3rd in the Hyde Novices' Hurdle. Later we preview the Betfair Chase as Protektorat bids for back-to-b...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder welcome Gavin Lynch to the oddschecker studio to preview the Cheltenham November Meeting with one eye on Cheltenham 2024 and any ante-post angles we can find. First up the panel discuss the Grand Sefton Handicap Chase as Gesskille went one better than last year's 2nd place as tipped up by Steve Ryder AKA Robin Goodfellow in last week's show. There was a winning return to racing for Allaho who victoried in the Clonmel Oil Chase beating stablemate Janidil by 9 lengths....
Nov 14, 2023•54 min
Join Rishi Persad and Steve Ryder for a fifth series of Racing Weekly, in association with bet365. In the first episode of the 2023/24 jumps season, we're accompanied by Paul Ferguson, author of the Weatherby's Jumpers To Follow guide, your essential guide to the National Hunt season. The show takes its usual shape with a recap of the latest racing from the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase as Gentlemansgame provided Mouse Morris with his first UK winner since Rule The World won the Grand National in 20...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr
In our final show of the series, Steve Ryder welcomes Sam Turner and Ken Pitterson to the studio to review the Sprint Cup at Haydock and Irish Champions Weekend with Bay Bridge, Auguste Rodin and Tahiyra among the winners. Later on we look ahead to the Doncaster card this weekend with the highlight being the St Leger on Saturday. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. 18+ BeGambleAware.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 11, 2023•45 min
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are reunited to review some of the recent racing at York and the weekend just gone. We then look ahead to the Haydock Sprint Cup with eyes on Shaquille who goes up against Kinross, Spycatcher and Lezoo. We also touch on the Irish Champions Weekend held at Leopardstown as the Irish Champion Stakes takes the shape of King Of Steel vs Auguste Rodin PART THREE! Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. 18+ BeGambleAware.org Hosted on Acast...
Sep 04, 2023•57 min
Tanya Stevenson steps in for Rishi Persad and welcomes Sam Turner and Ken Pitterson to the stable to preview the Ebor Festival 2023 from York Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Steve Ryder welcomes Sam Turner and Steve Mellish to the Racing Weekly studio to review the racing at the weekend as Inspiral bounced back to form to win the Prix Jacques Le Marois Group 1 for a second year in a row. We begin though with Al Aasy who was given a peach of a ride by Jim Crowley to beat El Drama by a neck in the Rose Of Lancaster Stakes at Newmarket.We also look back at the action from Glorious Goodwood as we catch up after a week without a show. Later on, we preview the Hungerford ...
Aug 14, 2023•54 min
Steve Ryder is back in the host's chair for Rishi Persad as we welcome fans favourite Johnny Ward and Sam Turner to the show to preview Glorious Goodwood 2023, now known as the Qatar Goodwood Festival. Before that though we look back on Ascot as Hukum got up to beat Westover by a nose in a wonderful King George race. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 31, 2023•46 min
